The Princess And the Bear
“She remembered a time when she had come across a battle between a bear and a hound from another pack. She had had no obligation to the hound. It was simply that she knew that she might do something in the battle, and she itched to do it.
She had thrown herself at the bear’s back, and sunk her teeth into its shoulder. The other hound had fled, but Chala had gone on for hours, fighting the bear until they were both senseless and exhausted. She had enjoyed it for the sheer beauty of the battle.
Ri...chon was staring at the battle, twitching with each death, but not yet ready to throw himself in.
She did not wait. With a bark of regret, she leaped over the rocks above the battle and down into the midst of it.
If it had ever been organized, it was so no longer. There were no lines of men standing together to hold back the enemy. Pockets of the enemy had penetrated nearly to the place where the hound landed. It was one man against another.
The hound snarled a warning—the kind of fair notice that animals and humans have in common.MoreLess
She had thrown herself at the bear’s back, and sunk her teeth into its shoulder. The other hound had fled, but Chala had gone on for hours, fighting the bear until they were both senseless and exhausted. She had enjoyed it for the sheer beauty of the battle.
Ri...chon was staring at the battle, twitching with each death, but not yet ready to throw himself in.
She did not wait. With a bark of regret, she leaped over the rocks above the battle and down into the midst of it.
If it had ever been organized, it was so no longer. There were no lines of men standing together to hold back the enemy. Pockets of the enemy had penetrated nearly to the place where the hound landed. It was one man against another.
The hound snarled a warning—the kind of fair notice that animals and humans have in common.MoreLess
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